Do you have a utility room?Ooooo I'd love a utility room

[welshmum]

I'll know I've made it when I get one of these

Don't have one but would love one aswell as downstairs loo.

Hope to one day when we extend and knock down the conservatory !!!

not sure if I should tell you really but I have a utility room

I've got a utility room ..... with a downstairs loo.

Always wanted one. Got one. And now its the bain of my life coz its ALLLLLWAYS stacked to the ceiling with clothes!!!!

On a wet day my conservatory is my utility room with clothes drier and basket of washing !!

Another use for a conservatory !!

I have a utility shed - does that count? In it there is a sink, some kitchen style units, plus washing machine and tumble drier......

I've got a utility room with a huge butlers sink and massive larder cupboard for storing all the crap that has no home anywhere else in the house

But by far the best thing in it is a huge american washing machine and dryer that can wash a 22lb wash and dry it on a full cycle in around 30mins. Weeks washing for 4 of us done in about 3 loads - takes no time at all

Soapbox has upped the ante considerably there I think!

is a maiden a clothes horse
have lovely utility with(get this!) a Cath Kidston ironing board and plastic bag holder.
matching wicker baskets and lavender laundry water
i deserve it

I've got one but its 2D not 3D -currently on the architects plans but no sign of the real thing yet

where do you get the american washing machines from over here then?
You can get these Sheila Maid things for £20 odd from ebay. I am going to get one.

My utility room is my favorite room in the house - and i have a Sheila Maid - always wanted one and finally my dream has come true - how sad!!!. Also houses the boiler, washingmachine/tumble dryer/beer and wine fridge/sink and any other old junk that I don't know where to put. I can just shut the door and no one is any the wiser!!!!

PS. I have one large apple tree (no orchard), but it does have a wooden swing hanging from it which sold the house to me!!!!

Yes. It has access to the garden too. There is also a downstairs loo off of it. I have my washing machine and tumble dryer, iron and ironing board in there. I have a shelving unit and just need to buy some new boxes for sorting the laundry into whites, colours etc. Plus I am about to get the children a basket each so that their ironing can go into them and they can take them up to their rooms.

I love it! I close the door and the laundry just doesn't exist anymore. Bliss!

I don't have a utility room, but I have an enormous downstairs loo with huuuge door, which if loo was taken out it could be used for one! (Live in a new build)

What is a Sheila maid? Worried I'm missing out on something

You know,that rack on a pulley for drying clothes (usually above an AGA)
We had one which dh always wrote as 'shelia maid'.

(Christ,what was a virile young man in his 20s doing, writing about laundry equipment?????)

Laundry threads on MN are always funny, dontcha think?

Oh right, dh had one in this house before I moved in. I got rid of it because it didn't seem to hold many clothes